Following T-Mobile’s most recent moves with Simply Prepaid plans and GoSmart’s data increases, AT&T’s Cricket is firing back with even more data and a limited-time 20GB monthly plan. The updated plans are found below and include pricing with and without auto-pay discounts:

Plan Name

Monthly Price

Hi-Speed Data Before Throttling

Allowed devices

Talk & Text

$25

none

Basic phones $ BYOP SIMs

Basic

$40 ($35 with autopay)

2.5 GB (previously 1GB)

Any

Smart

$50 ($45 with autopay)

5 GB (previously 3GB)

Any

Pro

$60 ($55 with autopay)

10 GB

Any

Advanced (Limited Time Promotional Plan)

$60 ($55 with autopay)

20 GB

LTE capable phones only

The Advanced plan is notable for targeting the heaviest data users, but it is excluded from Cricket’s Group Save multi-line discount program, while the Basic Smart and Pro plans get substantial monthly data increases that either match Boost Mobile’s Auto-Pay promotion or fall inline with current trends, suggesting that Cricket is competing directly with Sprint Prepaid’s Boost Mobile and T-Mobile Prepaid, but seemingly ignores MetroPCS, who currently offers a $50 truly unlimited plan with full-speed LTE access, while Cricket throttles LTE speeds to 8Mbps and HSPA+ to 4Mbps.